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EPSRC Reference:	GR/R15498/01
Title:	Workshop: the Life of a Process Model - From Conception To Action
Principal Investigator:	Asprey, Dr S
Other Investigators:	Macchietto, Professor S
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Department:	Process Systems Engineering (IRC)
Organisation:	Imperial College London
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	10 October 2000	Ends:	09 December 2000	Value (£):	11,201
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Design of Process systems
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Detailed mathematical models are increasingly being used by companies to gain competitive advantage through such applications as model-based product and process design, control and optimisation. Thus, the rapid building and statistical quality certification of steady-state or dynamic, single or multiresponse empirical or mechanistic models of processing systems has become a key activity in Process Engineering (and in wider fields including biosciences, etc.). This activity involves the use of methods and techniques from various disciplines, including modelling and simulation of complex systems, non-linear regression for parameter estimation, non-linear systems identification, data mining, model verification and validation using advanced statistics, linkage with novel highly automated laboratory techniques for rapid data measurement, and optimal design of experiments, just to name a few. Several research issues and open-ended problems arise, including, for instance, the use of higher-order information in establishing parameter estimates, establishing metrics for model credibility, closed-loop identification and parameter estimation issues, and extending experiment design to the dynamic situation. Developments in various disciplines are largely independent and uncoordinated.Funding is sought to support an international hands-on workshop, designed to bring together the leading researchers and industrial practitioners, from a variety of disciplines, active in this field. The workshop will be held for two days in the Centre for Process Systems Engineering, at Imperial College, London on the 26th-27th of October 2000. In order to encourage discussions among participants, mornings will be dedicated to invited keynote overview presentations, while afternoons will be less structured (i.e., demonstrations, work groups, posters). We intend to invite some young researchers and produce proceedings of the workshop.
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